BESTSELLERS

APRIL 21, 2019

Fiction

1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Dellia Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons: $26) A young woman living on her own in the coastal marshes of North Carolina becomes a murder suspect.

2. The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (Scribner: $27) An ancient guild of female divers on a South Korean Island reckon with the destruction of modernity from 1938 to 2008.

3. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine: $27) A fictional history charting the rise and fall of a ’70s rock band.

4. The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear (Harper: $27.99) When the Germans attack the British Isles, Maisie Dobbs must solve a case and protect a young evacuee.

5. Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James (Riverhead: $30) A tracker tells the tale of a powerful man destroyed by demons.

6. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Celadon: $26.99) A famous painter stops speaking after shooting her husband.

7. The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (Hogarth: $28) The intertwined stories of three multi-generational families in Zambia.

8. Circe by Madeline Miller (Little, Brown: $27) A retelling of the story of Circe, who draws the wrath of both men and gods.

9. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey (Graphix : $9.99) A heroic hound and his pals work to prove his innocence for a crime he didn’t commit.

10. The Cornwalls Are Gone by James Patterson (Little, Brown: $28) To save her kidnapped husband and daughter, an Army intelligence officer must commit a crime.

Nonfiction

1. Becoming by Michelle Obama (Crown: $32.35) The former first lady recounts her childhood in Chicago, meeting Barack and their years in the White House.

2. Educated by Tara Westover (Random House: $28) A young woman raised without schooling by survivalists describes her path to Cambridge University.

3. Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl (Random House: $27) The former editor of Gourmet Magazine shares an insider account of the world of food culture.

4. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou (Knopf: $27.95) The rise and fall of Theranos, the biotech startup that failed to make blood testing more efficient.

5. The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Simon & Schuster: $28) The story of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library.

6. The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey (Flatiron: $27.99) The talk show host shares discoveries and lessons learned on the road to success.

7. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson (HarperOne: $24.99) How not being positive all the time will make us become happier people.

8. Commander in Cheat by Rick Reilly (Hatchette: $28) Trump’s alleged misdeeds on and around the golf course.

9. The Matriarch by Susan Page (Twelve: $32.50) A biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush.

10. Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer (Random House: $25) A guide to clarity and style from the Random House copy chief.